From August 7 - 20, 2021, local businesses in 20 neighborhoods across Metro Vancouver are offering amazing freebies and sweet deals for people biking to their businesses. Granville Island is participating from August 7 – 13, with special offers at Kasama Chocolate Granville Island Brewing Kids Market The Market Kitchen Store Bon Macaron Patisserie Ltd. […]
In partnership with CMHC Granville Island, New Works presents Summer Dance and Music: a live outdoor performance event at Ron Basford Park. Sunday August 22nd, stop by the outdoor stage beside Performance Works and enjoy performances by Jhoely Triana Flamenco Ensemble, Israel ‘Toto’ Berriel and Danny Nielsen, and an exhibition Street Dance Battle. Please note […]
Join us in Ocean Artworks while Carvers from Squamish, Musqueam and Snuneymuxw First Nations honour the strong cultural connection the canoe has to the lands and the waters. Carvers will be working on their newest design, a cedar strip family canoe. They will also be working on paddles and other associated art work. The experience […]
We dedicate this years festival To Victor, With Love The Vancouver International Flamenco Festival’s 31st edition proudly announces its 2021 lineup of local and national flamenco artists September 4 – […]
The 2021 Vancouver Fringe Festival is a hybrid festival. Local, national and international artists bring you 15 in-person shows and 17 digital offerings that showcase our resilience and that theatre […]
“No Children Will Be Forgotten” is a weekend-long fundraiser, exhibit, and art show hosted by Indigenous artist D’Arcy Basil and CMHC-Granville Island, September 25 & 26, 2021. The art exhibit, with silent auctions on both days, will be held from 10am to 6pm in the new Hives for Humanity parklet, in front of co-host, i.e. […]
The Granville Island Turkey Trot Kids Run invites kids to experience race day excitement. This run inspires kids to get moving, make healthy choices, and feel confident. Each child receives fun race bonuses, including a RUNVAN® race wrap and a $25 gift card from Rackets & Runners valid on a minimum $75 spend. Race 2.5KM, […]
Enjoy a walk around Granville Island and discover seven bus shelter-sized comics drawn by BC comic artists. Each comic tells one stand-alone story from a Vancouver citizen, their experience of the pandemic, and looks at how we can connect and find solace with others, and imagine a more resilient and compassionate future. The comics will […]
The creative community who lives in the DTES experiences the highest statistical rates of economic, health, and social challenges of any community in the country. However, the DTES also has the distinction of being informally recognized as the most artist-rich neighbourhood in Canada. The DTES Small Arts Grants Program reveals the diverse cultures and creative […]
Greenpeace is an organization that started in 1971 in Vancouver, and this year marks its 50th anniversary. A champion for all issues environmental, from nuclear weapons, to endangered species, to climate change, and more, Greenpeace is still active in protecting the planet and its inhabitants from destruction. To commemorate their anniversary, an outdoor gallery of […]
Fruits of My Labour will present new works in an installation of fruit shaped jewellery objects, made from decorative plastic fruit covered in recycled swimsuit lycra, displayed on mirrored surfaces. […]
For the third consecutive year, Latincouver will celebrate Latin American Heritage Month in BC, and we are excited to say that Granville Island will be playing host to many events this year, including the art exhibition Perceptions of Mother Earth and Altar des Muertos in Ocean Artworks. Learn about and enjoy Latin American history and […]
CMHC-Granville Island would like to acknowledge that we are located on the traditional territory of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) First Nations.
